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R. H. WHITE.

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No. 480,682. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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ROBERT H. WHITE, OF MADISON, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,682, dated August 9, 1892. Application filed December 29, 1891. Serial No. 416,432. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. WHITE, of Madison, in the county of Jefferson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Windows,'of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in windows of a type in which the sashes are made to swing on pintles, and has for its objects to provide a window with novel, simple, and inexpensive appliances, which will allow the upper and lower sash to be separately or together rocked and caused to assume any desired angle of inclination from a vertical plane, and,furthermore,which will permit the sashes to be slid in their guides while inclined or when given a vertical position, and also furnish means to lock both sashes in closed adjustment.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the construction of parts and their combination, as is hereinafter described, and indicated in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing the inher side of a window having the improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a window provided with the improvements. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a broken partly-sectional front elevation of a window, showing a slight change of construction in a feature of the invention; Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a window having the invention embodied, showing the sashes inclined. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view taken on the line 6 6 in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a detachable joint-closing strip, which in duplicate forms a part of the improvement; and Fig. 8 is a broken rear view, enlarged, of a sash-holding device that is a feature of the invention.

A represents a window-casement of usual form, which, if preferred, may be boxed on the sides to receive sash-weights, if the sashes are to be balanced.

The side pieces of the Window-casement A are furnished with two opposite vertical beadstrips (1, that are secured a proper distance from the inner edges of the same and parallel thereto on the inner surface. The bead-strips a are joined at their upper ends by a transverse bead-strip a, which is affixed upon the cap-piece A of the easement, and upon the sub-sill A a joint-closing strip 1) is secured, which has its ends in contact with the casement sides and bead-strips a. Preferably the closing-strip b is given a sufficient width to form a facing for the sub-sill A Similar parting-strips c are provided, which are secured to the easement sides parallel to and at a proper distance from the bead-strips a. Two guide-strips d are attached to the inner surfaces of the easement sides parallel with the parting-strips c, the preferred form of which guide-strips (shown in Fig. 2) will be further described.

B 0 indicate, respectively, the lower and upper window-sashes, which are of any preferred style of construction and are proportioned to suit the dimensions of the easement centers of height of the sashes by pintle-bolts (See Figs. 1 and 6.) The combined width of the slide-blocks e and sashes they are attached to should be slightly less than the width between the inner faces of the casement side pieces, so that the sashes and blocks when in place will be permitted to move freely in a vertical plane, and as the sashes are adapted to clear the guide-strips and partingstrips it will be evident that they may also be rocked upon their pintle-bolts g.

It is essential that provision be made to lock the sashes B O to the slide-blocks 6 when the sashes are to be slid vertically to open and close the window, andalso to adj ustably fasten the sashes in a closed position. To these ends the locking-bolts h are provided. (See Figs. 1

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and 8 The locking-bolts are used in pairs for each sash, and are preferably located thereon near the lower edges upon the side rails of the sash-frames. The bolts h are of withdrawn from the slide-blocks e and the sash slid down far enough to release it from contact with the transverse bead-strip a.

It should be explained that preferably there are transverse strips and d secured on the cap-piece A to join the upper ends of the strips 0 and d, which will close the joint between thecap-piece and upper sash and form a proper finish for the window at this point.

It will be evident that the improvement may be applied to Gothic or other arched-top window-frames and operate efficiently, the slide-blocks in such a form of upper sash being applied only upon the parallel portions of the side edges of the frame.

Having thus described my. invention, I claim as new and'desire' to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a Window, the combination, with a casement, an upper and lower sash, and guiding-strips on the easement, of slide-blocks pivoted on the side edges of the sashes, closing-strips slotted to embrace the upper sash,

and means for removably securing the closing-strips against the guiding-strips, substantially as described.

2. In a window, the combination, with a casement, guiding-strips on each side of the inner walls of the easement, and sliding blocks for each side of the easement and lying within the spaces between the guiding-strips and flush with their outer edges, of a springpressed locking-bolt on each side rail of the sashes, adapted to lock the sashes to the slideblocks and the slide-blocks to the casement, closing-strips slotted to embrace the upper sash, and means for securing the closing-strips on the guiding-strips and to the casement, substantially as described.

3. In a window having an upper and a lower sash adapted to slide vertically and rock in the easement by a pivoted engagement with slide-blocks traversing channels between guiding-strips 0n the sides of the casement,andclosing-stripsembracingtheupper sash and having slotted upper portions and removably secured to the sides of the casement on the guiding-strips, substantially as described.

p 4. In a window having an upper and lower sash held to slide and adapted to rock on slide-blocks movable between guiding-strips.

on the easement, and closing-strips secured to the easement imposed on the guiding-strips and slotted to embrace the upper sash and adapted topermit said sash to be lowered to a limited degree, substantially as described. ROBERT H. WHITE. Witnesses:

O. A. BOWMAN, CHARLES BARNHARDT. 

